Show #3927 2001-10-02 (taped 2001-08-14) Regular

(Sofia: Hi, this isSofia of the Clue Crew. Today, you getJeopardy!and the world-famous San Diego Zoo. That's a lot of entertainment.)

Contestants

Melinda Wittenburg — an early child-development specialist from Chattanooga, Tennessee

Jeff Rhodes — a publication editor from Marietta, Georgia

Janna Marshall — a direct marketing consultant from Middleton, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Janna $1,400 $2,000 $8,000 $11,500
3rd place: Trip to the Palms in Palm Springs, California
$7,000
21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Jeff $200 $1,700 $8,500 $13,000
New champion: $13,000
$8,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Melinda $900 $2,400 $6,000 $12,000
2nd place: Trip to Almond Resorts, Barbados
$6,000
14 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

DISABILITY AWARENESS MUSIC OF THE '70s ANIMALS AUTHOR COUNTDOWN BALD AMBITION ENDS IN "OY"
$100 [13]
Congress first designated Disability Awareness Month in 1945, the year of this U.S. president's death
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Janna
$100 [7]
In 1973 Bette Midler revived this Andrews Sisters hit, reaching the Top 10
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Janna
$100 [1]
The fact that this lizard's name is from the Greek for "ground lion" never changes
chameleon
Melinda
$100 [22]
"Slaughterhouse Five"(1969)
Kurt Vonnegut
Janna
$100 [17]
This bald "Seinfeld" character hit on a woman by saying he lived with his parents & was unemployed
George Costanza
Jeff
$100 [2]
Yes, matey! Sailors use this word to hail a ship, or to attract attention
ahoy
Janna
$200 [27]
She plays deaf pollster Joey Lucas on "The West Wing"
Marlee Matlin
Jeff
$200 [8]
This "Diana" singer wrote Tom Jones' 1971 hit "She's A Lady"
Paul Anka
Jeff
$200 [9]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the San Diego Zoo.) A giraffe's tail, which is about 3 feet long, is used to swat this bloodsucking fly that causes sleeping sickness
tsetse fly
Janna
$200 [23]
"The Sign of Four"(1890)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Melinda
$200 [18]
Perhaps the improved aerodynamic design helped him become 1999's No. 1 ranked tennis player
Andre Agassi
Melinda
$200 [3]
Surname that means the "real" thing
McCoy
Janna
$300 [28]
The American Foundation for the Blind is dedicated to fulfilling the vision of this woman, seen here
Helen Keller
Jeff
$300 [14]
His "52nd Street" was the No. 1 album of 1979
Billy Joel
Jeff
$300 [10]
The suni, a small one of these graceful African mammals, is barely 15 inches high
antelope
Janna
$300 [24]
"Three Sisters"(1901)
Anton Chekhov
Melinda
$300 [19]
This follically-challenged animated man once sold his soul to the devil for a doughnut
Homer Simpson
Melinda
$300 [4]
He's the beloved character from children's lit seen here
Corduroy
Melinda
DD $500 [29]
The 1996 Summer Paralympic Games for the disabled were held in this U.S. city
Atlanta
Jeff
$400 [15]
This James Taylor hit is subtitled "To Be Loved by You"
"How Sweet It Is"
Janna
$400 [11]
The common type of this marsupial has coarse, thick fur while that of the hairy-nosed is short & silky
wombat
Janna Jeff
$400 [25]
"The Two Towers"(1954, book 2 of a trilogy)
J.R.R. Tolkien
$400 [20]
This Proctor & Gamble icon dresses in white, wears an earring & hates dirt
Mr. Clean
Jeff
$400 [5]
This ancient city was also known as Ilium
Troy
Janna
$500 [30]
The DAV, Disabled American Veterans, was formed in 1920 as the DAVWW, this
Disabled American Veterans of the World War
Jeff
$500 [16]
In 1973 he won a Grammy for Best Country Song for "Behind Closed Doors"
Charlie Rich
Jeff
$500 [12]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the L.A. County Natural History Museum.) This sea mammal, whose skull is seen here, has a spiral tusk that keepsgrowing&growing&growing... &growing&growing
the narwhal
Melinda
$500 [26]
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"(1962)
Ken Kesey
Janna
$500 [21]
This super-rich Little Orphan Annie benefactor never joined the Hair Club for Men
Daddy Warbucks
Melinda
$500 [6]
Gilbert & Sullivan's "Patience" opened this London theatre in 1881
the Savoy
Jeff

Double Jeopardy! Round

HEY, BEAUTIFUL SO, COME HERE OFTEN? WHAT'S YOUR SIGN? HAVEN'T WE "MET" BEFORE? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MY ETCHINGS?
$200 [21]
She auditioned for the role of Cordelia on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" but won the title role instead
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Janna
$200 [26]
Many bridges in this Italian canal city were once privately owned & tolls were charged for their crossing
Venice
Jeff
$200 [1]
Protests against the Confederate flag in Columbia, this state's capital, said, "Your Heritage is my Slavery"
South Carolina
Melinda
$200 [6]
"The squeaky wheel gets the worm" is an example of a mixed one of these
metaphor
Janna
$200 [16]
Selling astounding numbers of records, haven'tI?
Elton John
Jeff
$200 [11]
Popular during Christmas, he's the holy man etched here
Saint Nicholas
Jeff
$400 [22]
Apparently, "What Women Want" was to vote his gams the "Sexiest Celebrity Legs" in a 2001 survey by Hanes
Mel Gibson
Melinda
$400 [27]
This resort area along the Mediterranean coast includes the cities of St. Tropez, France & San Remo, Italy
the Riviera
Janna
$400 [2]
Signs reading "Hate is not Hip" protested this white rapper's lyrics at the Grammys in 2001
Eminem
Janna
$600 [8]
If you don't like this "American Buffalo" playwright, well, &*$% you, pal!
David Mamet
Melinda
$400 [17]
Spending time in the White House & graduating from Stanford in 2001
Chelsea Clinton
Janna
$400 [12]
Later president, this American was etchedherein 1782
George Washington
Jeff
$600 [23]
She probably should've had the "Basic Instinct" not to appear in "Police Academy 4"
Sharon Stone
Janna
$600 [28]
The main drag in this capital of French Polynesia is Boulevard Pomare, named for a Tahitian queen
Papeete
$600 [3]
Signs at a 1998 protest called nuclear waste transport "Mobile" this Ukrainian place
Chernobyl
Melinda
$800 [9]
It's the border or outer boundary of a 2-dimensional figure
perimeter
Melinda
$800 [19]
President of Yale, then baseball commissioner ruling on Pete Rose
A. Bartlett Giamatti
Jeff
$600 [13]
This Renaissance man etchedherewas born in 1452
Leonardo da Vinci
Jeff
$800 [24]
This actor led the Soggy Bottom Boys in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
George Clooney
Jeff
$800 [29]
The small caves in this tourist site, seen here, contain ancient rock paintings by Aboriginal artists
Ayers Rock (Uluru)
Jeff
$800 [4]
Signs seen at this "world" group's 1999 meeting in Seattle included one saying it "Kills Butterflies"
World Trade Organization
Janna
DD $1,000 [7]
When referring to the New York Mets, "Mets" is short for this
Metropolitans
Janna
DD $1,000 [18]
Prosecuting the "Pizza Connection" case before becoming FBI director in 1993
Louis Freeh
Janna
$800 [14]
A 1616 etching of this well-known Native American in English garb is seen here
Pocahontas
Jeff
$1,000 [25]
David Copperfield's 6-year engagement to this German supermodel disappeared in 1999
Claudia Schiffer
Janna
$1,000 [30]
This "saintly" Swiss resort was the site of the Winter Olympic Games in 1928 & 1948
St. Moritz
Janna Jeff
$1,000 [5]
Protesters against genetically modified foods insisted "Children are not" these animals of the family Caviidae
guinea pigs
Jeff
$1,000 [10]
She was a goddess of agriculture in Greek mythology
Demeter
Melinda
$1,000 [20]
Writing novels about tense married couples, & being written about in the memoir "U and I"
John Updike
$1,000 [15]
One of many self-portraits by this Dutchman is etched here
Rembrandt
Janna

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS STARS

A July 2001 newspaper ad from the U.S. Postal Service congratulating this man read "Un, Deux, Trois!"

Lance Armstrong

Melinda "Who is Lance Armstrong?" — wagered $6,000
Janna "Who is Lance Armstrong?" — wagered $3,500
Jeff "Who is Lance Armstrong?" — wagered $4,500

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